Patrick James
Writer / Former GOOD Managing Editor
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Sponsored: This Mother's Day, Honor Moms Worldwide
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What's Wrong With This Picture? When Juxtaposing Past and Present Sends the Wrong Message
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A 'Talk Show' Uses Humor to Inform Domestic Workers About Their Rights
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Ethical Style: Vogue's Ban on Underage, Unhealthy Models Won't Solve Its Image Problem
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Dude, Where's My IPO? The Groupon Founder's Lessons for Facebook
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Nissan's Leaf is a zero-emission, 100-percent electric vehicle, and it actually looks fairly attractive. But even more intriguing than its frame...
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Leading the Charge A fleet of electric vehicles may seem like a remote reality right now, but if the corporate world is betting right, it is...
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As if motorcycles weren't impressive enough already, now they're starting to shed the terribly un-hip (by modern standards) internal combustion...
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What's Your Take on Electric Bikes?
Electric bikes are getting more popular in other parts of the world: Already, electric bikes have gained mass acceptance in China, where 22...
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Charging Ahead
A new lithium battery-powered automobile promises up to 300 miles on a single charge. The cars, produced by Hybrid Technologies, will sell...
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Testing Tesla
After months and months of hearing about six figures, sexy curves, and four seconds from zero to sixty, isn't time to find out how the Tesla...
Technology
Not Your Parents' 9-Volt Battery
The lithium-ion batteries in our cellphones, laptops, and (present and future) electric cars might be in for a pretty serious makeover. A current...
News
Aptera's Missing Wheel Could Be Worth $8 Billion
In other car related news, the Aptera, a 200-mpg electric car scheduled for release sometime in the next few years, is running into some...
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Tesla Takes Manhattan
Tesla, the Silicon Valley electric car start-up, is taking its sleek, $49,000 all-electric Model S sedan to New York City on a publicity tour....
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Ontario's New Plates Will Help
Ontario is going to introduce a new, green license plate, available exclusively for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. And the benefits of the...
Technology
What Happens When Your Volt Runs Out of Juice?
Apparently very little. A Times reporter took one out for a test drive past its 40 mile battery range. What happens is that the gas-powered...
Environment
Pull in and Plug in: What Will EV Charging Stations Look Like?
According to a recent Treehugger post, your local McDonald's might one day include parking lots that double as Electric Vehicle charging stations....
Technology
You Want Electric Cars? You Can't Handle Electric Cars
The New York Times examines what some cities-most of them in the San Francisco Bay Area-are doing to prepare for this new crop of plug-in cars,...
Technology
It Actually Works: An Electric Train Charged by the Road
Back in October, we heard about a German company that was patenting a system whereby the road itself could charge electric vehicles as they...
Environment
Electric Car Charging Stations Get Funded in Denmark
Better Place, the alternative transportation startup run by entrepreneur Shai Agassi, has rounded up $135 million to build charging stations for...
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Tesla Unveils the Model S and it's Awesome
Tesla Motors has unveiled the new Model S, their $49,000, high-performance, fully electric car. It looks a lot like an Aston-Martin to me. They're...
Environment
China Becomes Electric
China is pushing to drastically overhaul their automobile fleet, replacing it with electric cars. Or at least that's what they're saying. If the...
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Colorado's Giving People $6,000 for a Plug-in Conversion
The state of Colorado is giving people tax credits that will offset the cost of turning a hybrid car into a full plug-in electric by as much as...
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San Francisco to Los Angeles: An Electric (Car) Avenue
Want to take your fancy Tesla Roadster down California's beautiful Highway 101 but don't know where to charge it up along the way? You're in luck....
